# piscina
## English
### Etymology

From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɪˈsiːnə/
* Rhymes: -iːnə

### Noun

piscina (plural piscinas or piscinae)
* A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
* A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.

#### Synonyms

* See washbasin.

#### See also

* (ritual of using a piscina): lavatory

### References

* Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
* Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary: Eighteenth Edition (2011)

### Anagrams

* Pacinis, sinapic

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscīna (“fishpond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [piˈsi.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [piˈsi.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ina

### Noun

piscina f (plural piscines)
* fishpond
* swimming pool
* (Christianity) piscina
    Synonym: sacràrium

#### Derived terms

* piscina probàtica

#### Related terms

* peix

### Further reading

* “piscina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “piscina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “piscina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “piscina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pisˈθinɐ/

### Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)
* swimming pool
    Non é capaz de atravesar a piscina nadando.He is not able to swim across the pool.

### Further reading

* “piscina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin piscīna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piʃˈʃi.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: pi‧scì‧na

### Noun

piscina f (plural piscine)
* swimming pool
* plunge pool (plunge basin or waterfall lake or deep depression at the base of a waterfall)
* (archaic) Synonym of peschiera (“fishpond”)

#### Related terms

* pesce

#### Descendants

* → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)

### References

* piscina in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* piscina in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* piscina in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* piscina in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* piscìna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* piscina in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* piscina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* spinaci

## Latin
### Etymology

From piscis +‎ -īna (literally “characterised by fish, fishy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /pisˈkiː.na/, [pɪs̠ˈkiːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /piʃˈʃi.na/, [piʃˈʃiːnä]

### Noun

piscīna f (genitive piscīnae); first declension
* pond, pool
* fish pond
* swimming pool

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* Piscīna pūblica

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: piscina
* → English: piscina
* → French: piscine
** → English: piscine
* → Italian: piscina
** → Greek: πισίνα (pisína)
* → Portuguese: piscina
** → Hunsrik: Pisin
* → Romanian: piscină
* Spanish: pecina, → piscina
* Venetan: pissina

### References

* “piscina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “piscina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* piscina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “piscina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “piscina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈsĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /piˈsĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈsi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /piʃˈsi.nɐ/, /piˈʃi.nɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /pɨʃˈsi.nɐ/, /pɨˈʃi.nɐ/
* Rhymes: -ĩnɐ, -inɐ
* Hyphenation: pis‧ci‧na

### Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)
* swimming pool
* (Christianity) baptismal font
    Synonym: fonte batismal
* (archaic) fishpond
    Synonym: viveiro

#### Derived terms

* fazer piscinas (“to swim the distance of a swimming pool; to repeatedly follow a specific round-trip route”)
* piscina curta
* piscina de saltos
* piscina olímpica
* piscina probática
* piscina semiolímpica
* piscinal (“fishpond-dwelling”, adjective)
* piscinão
* piscineiro

#### Related terms

* peixe (“fish”)

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Pisin

### Further reading

* “piscina”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “piscina”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “piscina” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “piscina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “piscina”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “piscina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Noun

piscina
* definite singular of piscină

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Doublet of pecina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pisˈθina/ [pisˈθi.na]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /piˈsina/ [piˈsi.na]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: pis‧ci‧na

### Noun

piscina f (plural piscinas)
* swimming pool
    Synonym: (Mexico) alberca
* fishpond
* (Christianity) piscina

#### Derived terms

* piscinazo
* tirarse a la piscina

### Further reading

* “piscina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10